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Topic Review (Newest First)

11-21-2012 06:51 AM

Amandas tank

Update: I love my tank again! The tank has undergone a major rescape and looks just how I want it too...plants will look awesome once everything fills in! Thanks to some very kind and helpful folks at TPT I am loving my tank again

The Roseline Sharks are gone and we will have 25 Diamond Tetras here next week. They will be added to the main tank after being in QT for awhile. More Kuhli Loaches too. Things are good again

I'm going tomorrow to buy up all the Gold Tetras my lfs has on bogo Monday, but it will be torture to walk past the Diamond Tetras! I haven't had any Diamond Tetras yet, but the color is so outstanding they are a definite. I need a larger QT tank for them first...I don't know how well they shoal/school, but I can't imagine you'd be disappointed with their beauty.

I am happy for you! Don't you dare hold back the pictures.(that devil is smiling ) Far as the Diamonds go...they are awesome! Far as I have seen on youtube they will be great schoolers!

11-12-2012 02:45 AM

driftwoodhunter

I'm going tomorrow to buy up all the Gold Tetras my lfs has on bogo Monday, but it will be torture to walk past the Diamond Tetras! I haven't had any Diamond Tetras yet, but the color is so outstanding they are a definite. I need a larger QT tank for them first...I don't know how well they shoal/school, but I can't imagine you'd be disappointed with their beauty.

11-11-2012 10:24 PM

Amandas tank

Update November 11, 2012:

I wanted to share that I am nearly decided on fishies Here is where I'm at as of today. If you have any concerns from experiences you've had with these fish, please don't hesitate to share with me! I have been eliminating fish from the choices based off what others have told me about the species behavior. I have eliminated thus far Lemon Tetras, Bloodfin Tetras and more Angels.

Pre-exsisting inhabitants:2 Angelfish, 1 Female Round Tail Betta and I will be adding 8 Kuhli Loach...everyone else in the family wants to try them again

The prospective species left from my long list are Diamond Tetras, Espei Rasboras mixed with Harlequin Rasboras and have been thinking about adding a small group of shoaling species such as RedBack Bleeding Hearts and/or Rosy Tetras.

11-09-2012 05:22 PM

Amandas tank

Quote:

Originally Posted by driftwoodhunter

You're so kind! Really, by the standards of the other big tanks I see here, my is pretty crappy yet. But I like it and that's what counts, right? lol It's slow going but I prefer a low tech, slowly evolving tank - I have no interest in fast growth, constant pruning, etc. heck, I have 1600 square feet of terrestrial gardens outside, I have enough maintenance to do! This tank has no Co2, no ferts other than osmocote caps (and I'm way overdue on that) and the light is just a Home depot shop light with a 6500 and a 6700 for bulbs. It's an experiment!
I just got the crinum in the mail yesterday, we'll see if the fish start eating it. If so I'll have to move it to the 55s when they're set up...

Right, what matters is how the owner of the tank feels about the looks because that person is the one who will be looking at it all day. Personally, your tank is far from crappy! It looks perfect! Each tank has it's own feel. Some are like fairy book gardens, Enchanted Forests and some are like a scene sliced from nature, or like a scene from the great movie Avatar, and then there are those that are all-over-the-place! Each one is unique and taylored to the owners imagination (and skill) Yours to me, looks like a well thought out masterpiece portraying a dark, natural underwater scene from a blackwater area. It is stunning!

I am all mixed up about what I'm going to do with mine LOL! I have drawn up about 30 layouts and still keep thinking of something different. I am the most undecisive person I know! I am constantly changing my mind or tweeking things in every aspect of my life! I can't ever seem to just sit still and enjoy. It's a horrible hitch I am one of those that is all-over-the-place. I've got too many "loves". For example, I can see a Dutch Style and a Iwagumi style; complete opposites and equally "love" both of them if the layout is appealing to me.

There are a few tanks on here that top out on my love list. Yours is most definetely one of them!

11-09-2012 04:58 PM

driftwoodhunter

You're so kind! Really, by the standards of the other big tanks I see here, my is pretty crappy yet. But I like it and that's what counts, right? lol It's slow going but I prefer a low tech, slowly evolving tank - I have no interest in fast growth, constant pruning, etc. heck, I have 1600 square feet of terrestrial gardens outside, I have enough maintenance to do! This tank has no Co2, no ferts other than osmocote caps (and I'm way overdue on that) and the light is just a Home depot shop light with a 6500 and a 6700 for bulbs. It's an experiment!
I just got the crinum in the mail yesterday, we'll see if the fish start eating it. If so I'll have to move it to the 55s when they're set up...

11-09-2012 04:31 PM

Amandas tank

Quote:

Originally Posted by driftwoodhunter

Took me a while to take a shot, but here it is, it's only a few months old and I have a lot to do to it yet. Being a low tech tank the growth is very, very slow, but I like it that way...

The crinum on the far left were just planted yesterday and will straighten out more, the clump of foating plants on the right is Brazilian Pennywort and it broke loose from the stems planted in the middle of the tank. It makes such a great floater that I'm going to leave it (although spread it out some)

Holy Cats! I am blown away! Your tank is incredible! It looks like it never ends and you could just swim under that huge piece of wood and away in an underwater forest! I have my Pennywort doing the same ting. My Betta and smallest Angel like to "creep" through the stuff all the time. The little Angel actually positions itself completely on it's side and slices through it. First time I saw this, I ran to the tank really upset thinking s/he died and was stuck in the plants!

I just saved this to my desktop so I could get a closer look. Breathtaking!

11-09-2012 04:17 PM

driftwoodhunter

Took me a while to take a shot, but here it is, it's only a few months old and I have a lot to do to it yet. Being a low tech tank the growth is very, very slow, but I like it that way...

The crinum on the far left were just planted yesterday and will straighten out more, the clump of foating plants on the right is Brazilian Pennywort and it broke loose from the stems planted in the middle of the tank. It makes such a great floater that I'm going to leave it (although spread it out some)

11-05-2012 05:38 PM

Amandas tank

Quote:

Originally Posted by GMYukonon24s

You have some beautiful fish. Nice Job with the picture taking!

Not sure if your talking to Amanda or Driftwoodhunter. I agree Dirftwoodhunter has awesome pics though if that's who you're talking to! I love the Tetra closeups! Gorgeous!

11-05-2012 05:36 PM

Amandas tank

Quote:

Originally Posted by driftwoodhunter

Do you mean me?

Yeppers

11-05-2012 04:41 PM

driftwoodhunter

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amandas tank

Your close ups look great! Can you post a full tank shot? I'd love to see

Do you mean me?

11-05-2012 04:25 PM

GMYukonon24s

You have some beautiful fish. Nice Job with the picture taking!

11-05-2012 04:11 PM

Amandas tank

Your close ups look great! Can you post a full tank shot? I'd love to see

11-05-2012 04:17 AM

Amandas tank

Quote:

Originally Posted by driftwoodhunter

Oh, I was thinking of the Asian Rummynose & Odessa for you - lol

Lmao! That is funny! I will have the Asian Rummynose one day for sure. I love it! And the Odessa are so awesome and would be nice in a 6' + tank with other cooler water fish...barb species tank would be sweet So many great fish and not enough tanks. I need 9 tanks LOL!

11-04-2012 06:13 PM

driftwoodhunter

Oh, I was thinking of the Asian Rummynose & Odessa for you - lol

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